Football Preview: Wright City Wildcats vs. Montgomery County Wildcats
Wright City has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to square off against the Montgomery County Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Wright City's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last four games.
Wright City is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Van-Far just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell to the Indians 40-34. That makes it the first time this season the Wildcats have let down their home crowd.
Wright City might have lost, but man, Dayton Humphreys was a machine: he rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 235 yards and two touchdowns on only 17 passes. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 54 yards.
Meanwhile, a victory for Montgomery County just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 70-14 loss at the hands of Bowling Green. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 252nd, while the Bobcats are ranked 69th).
Wright City's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-3. As for Montgomery County, their defeat was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-6.
Wright City and Montgomery County were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but Wright City suffered an agonizing 34-33 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Montgomery County's Jacob Hogue, who rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 260 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Now that Wright City knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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